Political Posturing

By

Jason L. Riley

Dec. 16, 2013 3:30 pm ET

Newt Gingrich, the man who held House Speaker John Boehner's job under the previous Democratic president, was asked to critique Mr. Boehner's performance last week, when the House passed a bipartisan budget bill over the objections of some tea party conservatives.

"If I were a very junior member [of Congress] I would have complained mightily," Mr. Gingrich said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "And if I were the speaker I would have rammed it through."